57

A fine and rare painted enamel censer

Qianlong mark and period

Width: 9 in, 22.8 cm

with a globular body, a straight shoulder, a waisted neck and an upright rim, all supported on three cabriole legs in the form of lingzhi fungus; two similar S-shaped handles join the body to the rim.

58

A pair of rare painted enamel candlesticks

18th century

Height: 23 3/4 in, 60.5 cm

of square section with bell-shaped bases, knopped columns and flaring central and upper drip-pans; the rims are gilt (now worn) and chased with key-fret, and notched, vertical flanges embellish the corners.

59

A rare champlevé enamel double-gourd vase

18th century

Height: 5 7/8 in, 15 cm

supported on a spreading foot with a recessed base. The vase is decorated with numerous bats in coloured enamels against gilt cloud scrolls, all against a turquoise ground.

60

A rare cloisonné enamel disc

Wanli mark and period

Diameter: 3 1/2 in, 8.9 cm

one side is enamelled with six red characters, reading Namo emituofo (Homage to Amitabha Buddha, or I devote myself to Amitabha Buddha), and a lotus scroll on a turquoise ground above cloud lappets surrounding the central aperture.

61

A cloisonné enamel bowl

Ming dynasty, 16th century

Diameter: 10 3/4 in, 27.3 cm

with flaring sides supported on a conical foot.

62

An unusual cloisonné enamel saucer dish

17th century

Diameter: 6 1/2 in, 16.5 cm

supported on a gilt-bronze foot, the shallow sides terminate in a gilt rim.

63

A rare cloisonné enamel double-gourd moon flask

Ming dynasty,

late 16th–early 17th centuries

Height: 8 1/2 in, 21.6 cm

with a flattened globular body, a small, rectangular gilt-bronze foot ring and a bulbous mouth; two strap handles terminating in ruyi heads join the mouth to the shoulders.

64

A rare cloisonné enamel bird feeder

17th century

Maximum width: 2 1/8 in, 5.4 cm

of circular section with a rounded base and straight sides curving inwards at the rim.

65

An unusual cloisonné enamel bird feeder

Late 18th century

Width: 2 1/4 in, 5.7 cm

of hemispherical section and standing on a straight foot, the vessel has lobed sides and a flat back, to which a shaped bronze fitting, for attachment, is applied.

66

An unusual small cloisonné enamel vase

18th century

Height: 3 7/8 in, 9.8 cm

of square section, the pear-shaped vase is supported on a spreading foot and has a long, waisted neck and gilt rims.

67

A large cloisonné enamel basin

Ming dynasty, 16th–17th centuries

Diameter: 18 1/8 in, 46 cm

with straight sides and a broad flange rim ending in a gilt edge.

68

A cloisonné enamel double gourd vase

18th century

Height: 11 3/4 in, 29.8 cm

rising from a recessed base, the sides swell to form the larger lower bulb, turn inwards and swell again to form the smaller, globular upper bulb, then turn inwards ending in a waisted neck.

69

A rare cloisonné enamel double-gourd moon flask

17th century

Height: 15 3/4 in, 40 cm

with a flattened globular body, a swollen mouth and a small bronze rectangular foot; two strap handles join the mouth to the shoulders.

70

An unusual cloisonné enamel ruyi sceptre

18th century

Length: 14 1/4 in, 36.2 cm

with a ruyi-shaped head and a curving, circular-section stem ending in a gilt-bronze fitting chased with a tied geometric motif and a lotus flower.

71

An unusual cloisonné enamel barrel-form

box and cover

18th century

Length: 3 1/2 in, 8.9 cm

of circular section on a gilt-bronze base with bracket feet and shaped aprons.

72

A cloisonné enamel saucer dish

18th century

Diameter: 6 1/8 in, 15.7 cm

supported on a gilt-bronze foot ring, the rounded sides terminate in a flange rim, the edge of which is gilt.

73

A cloisonné enamel wall vase

18th century

Height: 8 5/8 in, 22 cm

the ovoid body stands on a shaped foot, rises to a long neck, to which two archaistic phoenix handles decorated with C-scrolls on lapis-lazuli grounds are applied, and terminates in a gilt rim.

74

An unusual cloisonné enamel vessel and cover (dou )

18th century

Height: 16 3/4 in, 42.5 cm

after an archaic bronze original. The circular section vessel is supported on a swollen stem with a stepped foot and wide base; two gilt-bronze annular handles are applied to the sides.

75

A pair of good cloisonné enamel incense burners in the form of birds

18th century

Length: 8 in, 20.2 cm

each with its head turned quizzically, a long flaring tail, an open gilt beak, for the release of the incense smoke, and gilt legs and feet; the wings form a heart-shaped cover for the aperture in the bird’s back.

76

A pair of fine cloisonné enamel incense burners in the form of quails

18th century

Height: 6 1/4 in, 15.8 cm

with their heads turned and looking slightly downwards.

77

A cloisonné enamel vase

18th century

Height: 6 3/8 in, 16.2 cm

the circular-section vessel has flaring sides, a waisted neck and foot, and is supported on a domed gilt-bronze base cast with lotus lappets.